DOES THIS say something about this year’s holiday mood? “Actually Hobby Lobby and Wal Mart were not as bad as I expected. The liquor store however was busier than I have ever seen it.”

Hmm. I’m calling the mood “Churchillian.”

UPDATE: Reader John Davies emails:

Yesterday I stopped into the gun store to get my first pistol.

The guy behind the counter said that all he did yesterday was call in transfer checks for gun sales. The phone lines were swamped and he said that he was on hold much longer than usual.

The woman on the other end recognized his voice.

Yes, I think the mood is Churchillian.

I’ve always liked Churchill.